Crossword for Tue, 18/Aug/2020

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Across
1: Suit to a tee

4: Mattress-supporting frameworks

9: Modern writers' aids

11: Oval

12: Foamy pick-me-up

13: Beachgoer

15: Lake-bottom navigation impediments

17: Evildoer

18: Former ironer?

21: Surround tightly

23: Real

25: Professionals who might get your back up?

27: Religious retreat

28: Romantic bouquet

Down
1: Some hounds

2: Like some photographers and writers

3: Bell-shaped flower

5: Epithet for President Bush, with 'the'

6: Player's peg

7: Balance sheet positive

8: Hi-fi systems

10: Firewater

12: Tightly-twisted thread

14: Provided assistance

16: Their job is taxing

17: Personal liberty

18: Series entry

19: 'Sledgehammer' singer Gabriel

20: Bigots

22: It can be saved and cured

24: Acquire, as a debt

26: November winners





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